sweet home chicago really is .... sweet

I have
*seen my future classroom
*talked with my future special ed mentor
*paid off my entire student loan
*gotten a cell phone (which i need numbers for so please send me your # cause i have lost all)
*unpacked all my bags
*gone on 3 bike rides around my neighborhood
*gone running in portage park
*eaten indian food
*watched a marlene monroe movie with dad
*jumped on the tampolene with miles and isabella
*cried a whole lot because i miss the bahamas and my friend laura

but i still love this city.

im leaving on a jet plane...really leaving.

now i was sitting waiting wishing...

west palm beach here we are. i know that really it's not all that far from the bahamas but it is a world away from it.

first stop...
starbucks.

most embarrassing moment...
having security take me down because i had a knife in my carry on. even more embarrassing would be when i tried to explain i had it because it was my favorite dinner knife.

saddest luggage moment...
when sonia got in a fight with our pilot out of marsh harbour because he said our luggage was to much. "come on now - they had to pack their lives into 2 suitcases" - would be the comment that made laura, jessica, and i all break into tears.

people i will miss the most...



and our mama



im no good at saying goodbye - is that something that you ever become ok with?

shake a friends hand shake a hand next to you shake a friends hand and sing la la

two days to go untill the bahamas is just a thought of the past. laura and i were talking about all the people who came to visit us SO we thought that we would send out a little thank you to those. you guys - it honestly meant so much that you could come and see this part of our lives.